Topkapı Palace
The sultans’ palace on Sarayburnu: courtyards, the Imperial Council, the treasury and the terraces over the water. Dated entry, sold online on its own site.
Eastern Anatolia
Museums in Muş
2 museums and archaeological sites in the province of Muş, with hours and what to see at each.
Muş
Malazgirt Museum
A museum in Malazgirt, the district where the 1071 Battle of Manzikert was fought, telling Turkish history through miniatures, artefacts and photographs.
Visitor guide
Muş
Muş Museum
A young museum in a 1930s schoolhouse in Muş, with archaeology from the Chalcolithic to the Ottomans, an ethnography hall and a room on Sultan Alparslan and the Battle of Malazgirt.
Visitor guideIstanbul tickets online
Four Istanbul landmarks, each sold on its own site by the agency behind this guide — dated entry and free cancellation up to 24 hours.
Basilica Cistern
Justinian’s great underground reservoir: 336 columns in still water and the two Medusa heads. Fast-track entry with a digital audio guide.
Hagia Sophia
Justinian’s cathedral, the sultans’ mosque and a working mosque again today. The ticket admits you to the upper visitor gallery.
Dolmabahçe Palace
A nineteenth-century palace on the water’s edge: the Selamlık, the Ceremonial Hall under its chandelier, the crystal staircase and the Harem.